EP0888730A1 - An enhanced gem stone, a jewellery enhancement kit and a method of simulating the appearance of an expensive gem stone - Google Patents

An enhanced gem stone, a jewellery enhancement kit and a method of simulating the appearance of an expensive gem stone Download PDF

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EP0888730A1
EP0888730A1 EP98305083A EP98305083A EP0888730A1 EP 0888730 A1 EP0888730 A1 EP 0888730A1 EP 98305083 A EP98305083 A EP 98305083A EP 98305083 A EP98305083 A EP 98305083A EP 0888730 A1 EP0888730 A1 EP 0888730A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C27/00—Making jewellery or other personal adornments
    • A44C27/001—Materials for manufacturing jewellery
    • A44C27/005—Coating layers for jewellery
    • A44C27/007—Non-metallic coatings
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
    • A44C17/00—Gems or the like
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B44—DECORATIVE ARTS
    • B44F—SPECIAL DESIGNS OR PICTURES
    • B44F1/00—Designs or pictures characterised by special or unusual light effects
    • B44F1/06—Designs or pictures characterised by special or unusual light effects produced by transmitted light, e.g. transparencies, imitations of glass paintings
    • B44F1/066—Designs or pictures characterised by special or unusual light effects produced by transmitted light, e.g. transparencies, imitations of glass paintings comprising at least two transparent elements, e.g. sheets, layers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B44—DECORATIVE ARTS
    • B44F—SPECIAL DESIGNS OR PICTURES
    • B44F9/00—Designs imitating natural patterns
    • B44F9/04—Designs imitating natural patterns of stone surfaces, e.g. marble

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  • This invention relates to an enhanced gem stone, a jewellery enhancement kit, and a method of simulating the appearance of an expensive gem stone.
  • U.S. Patent No. 1,005,564 describes a technique of employing coloured sheets of celluloid to form various shapes to represent various natural materials and gems, such as coral and turquoise.
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,295,347 describes other techniques employing lacquers on a substrate in order to simulate the appearance of a gem; and
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,835,023 describes the use of various coatings on cultured pearls in order to improve the quality of the pearls.
  • a clear crystalline substrate having a plurality of facets thereon to impart a brilliance thereto, characterized in having a coating of a permanent or removal-resistant transparent colouring medium adhered to at least some of the facets to impart the appearance of a coloured precious stone to the substrate, whereby, when natural light passes through the coating into the substrate, some is absorbed so that light of a predetermined colour enters the substrate and is reflected around internally within the substrate and then reflected back out from the substrate to the exterior in the predetermined colour.
  • a jewellery enhancement kit including at least one faceted gem stone;
  • a method of simulating the appearance of an expensive gem stone comprising the step of providing a clear crystalline substrate having a plurality of facets for reflecting natural light passing into the substrate; and characterized in the step of applying a coating of a coloured permanent or removal-resistant transparent ink to a surface of the substrate, the coating being of a thickness such that some of any natural light passing through the coating is absorbed so that light of a predetermined colour passes into the substrate, is reflected internally, and passes out of the substrate, to provide a visual appearance of a coloured precious gem stone.
  • the present invention provides a simple technique for enhancing the appearance of an inexpensive gem stone, in fact by imparting the appearance of a precious gem stone to an inexpensive gem stone.
  • the present invention makes it possible to impart the appearance of an emerald, ruby or sapphire to a clear crystalline gem stone, such as a cubic zirconia.
  • the present invention provides a technique whereby a jeweller may enhance the appearance of a clear crystalline substrate, such as an inexpensive faceted gem stone, to that of a precious gem stone, such as an emerald, ruby, sapphire or any other coloured gem stone.
  • the jeweller is able to demonstrate, for example to a prospective purchaser, the appearance of a precious gem stone or stones in a setting or arrangement without the need to use a precious gem stone or stones in the demonstration.
  • the present invention allows a colour-enhanced gem stone to be changed back to its original state and enhanced with a different colour. This allows the jeweller the opportunity of demonstrating different colours of precious gem stones in one or more settings or arrangements.
  • a clear crystalline substrate having a plurality of facets thereon is provided with a coating of a permanent or removal-resistant transparent colouring medium adhered to at least some of the facets to impart the appearance of a coloured precious stone to the substrate.
  • the clear crystalline substrate is a gem stone selected from a diamond, cubic zirconia and white sapphire.
  • the coating of transparent colouring medium is a permanent or removal-resistant transparent ink, and, preferably, a transparent ink which comprises n-propanol, n-butanol and diacetone alcohol.
  • the ink is permanent in the sense of generally remaining in place on the substrate without fading, without wearing off, without easily chipping and without being washed off with water or an aqueous solution, but being capable of being removed by application of an appropriate organic solvent.
  • the transparent coating is of a predetermined colour, for example one of red, blue, green and yellow, and is adhered to the faceted surface of the faceted gem stone so that natural light entering through the coating into the gem stone is "coloured" by subtraction, reflected around and inside the stone and then reflected back out from the stone in the predetermined colour.
  • a predetermined colour for example one of red, blue, green and yellow
  • the transparent coating is adhered to the faceted surface of the faceted gem stone so that natural light entering through the coating into the gem stone is "coloured" by subtraction, reflected around and inside the stone and then reflected back out from the stone in the predetermined colour.
  • the transparent coating is green
  • the gem stone has the appearance of an emerald.
  • the transparent coating is red
  • the gem stone has the appearance of a ruby
  • blue the appearance of a sapphire.
  • the stone has a colour, for example if the stone is a yellow diamond, the colour may be intensified by adding a yellow transparent coating.
  • an alcohol solution can be used to remove the coating.
  • the coating is soluble in a solution containing isopropyl alcohol.
  • the isopropyl alcohol is 99% strength.
  • the applicator may have a barrel having a chamber defining a reservoir, a transparent colouring medium in the reservoir and a fine point tip mounted on the barrel and communicating with the reservoir in order to apply the colouring medium to a substrate.
  • a fine point tip allows the colouring material to be applied to relatively small areas on a gem stone, particularly in areas where the gem stone is held in a setting or the like.
  • the transparent colouring medium for the coating also includes a dye usually selected from red, blue, green, yellow and any other suitable colour corresponding to a precious gem stone.
  • the kit of the present invention includes a plurality of applicators for applying a transparent colouring medium to a faceted surface of a gem stone in order to form a coating thereon, thereby to simulate the appearance of a precious stone.
  • the kit may include a container containing an organic solvent for removing a coating applied to a stone.
  • the kit may be provided with one or more inexpensive faceted gem stones of different shapes and sizes in suitable settings.
  • the clear crystalline substrate may be a faceted gem stone selected from a group consisting of a diamond, cubic zirconium and yellow or white sapphire or from any other suitable faceted stone.
  • the coloured permanent transparent ink may be of a colour chosen from blue, red, green and yellow in order to impart the appearance of a sapphire, ruby, emerald or yellow diamond, respectively.
  • the method of the present invention is particularly suitable for use by jewellers in the demonstration of jewellery, the method may also be used by individuals.
  • a person may use a kit of applicators of different colours to colour-enhance the appearance of one or more inexpensive gem stones, from time-to-time depending on the appearance desired.
  • a tennis bracelet of cubic zirconia stones may be coloured to show sequences or alternating patterns of red, blue and green stones.
  • a clear crystalline substrate for example a gem stone 10 having a faceted surface with a plurality of facets, 11, is mounted in a suitable setting 12, for example for use as a pendant suspended from a chain 13 or the like via a suitable connector 14.
  • the facets 11 are disposed on the gem stone 10 to impart a brilliance thereto.
  • light rays 15 which pass into the gem stone 10 are reflected by the facets 11 and pass back out of the stone 10 in order to impart a brilliance to the stone.
  • the illustrated path of the rays is merely schematic and does not show the refraction which occurs, and nor is the angle of internal reflection accurately shown.
  • the gem stone 10 may be made of any suitable natural clear crystalline materials, such as diamond, cubic zirconia and white sapphire.
  • suitable natural clear crystalline materials such as diamond, cubic zirconia and white sapphire.
  • the least expensive material should be selected, for example a cubic zirconia.
  • the setting 12 may be of any suitable type.
  • the gem stone 10 may be mounted in a setting 12' for a ring 16.
  • a transparent coating 17 of a chosen colour is applied to the faceted surface of the gem stone 10 whereby rays 15 of natural light entering through the coating 17 (see Fig. 3, which is also schematic like Fig.2) into the stone 10 is coloured and then reflected around and inside the stone 10 before being reflected out from the stone 10 in the chosen colour.
  • the coating 17 is green
  • green light is reflected back out of the stone 10 to provide the visual appearance that the stone is an emerald.
  • the transparent coating 17 is a transparent ink which can be applied by pen, by brush or by any suitable means.
  • the applicator may use a fine tip for small stones or a wide tip for large gem stones.
  • an applicator 18 may have a barrel 19 which includes an interior chamber defining a reservoir (not shown) with a transparent colouring medium (not shown) in the reservoir.
  • a fine point tip 20 is mounted on the end of the barrel 19 and communicates with the reservoir in order to transfer the colouring medium to the gem stone 10.
  • a suitable cap (not shown) may also be mounted on the applicator 18 to protect the fine point tip 20 and to prevent inadvertent marking of an object with the ink.
  • transparent inks or coatings have been known for various marking purposes. Typically, use has been made of transparent inks in highlighting marking pens for the read-through marking of printouts, books, reports and texts. However, these transparent inks are typically water-soluble, and if applied to a substrate such as glass, can be readily removed from the glass. Marking inks have also been known for the marking of glass bottles for identification purposes. Typically, these inks are intended to be of a "permanent" nature (as explained earlier).
  • the transparent ink which is used for the coating 17 is not water-soluble and is of a nature so as to be "permanently" adhered to a substrate, such as a faceted gem stone, without rubbing off under the normal use of the gem stone as a piece of jewellery.
  • the ink has a high evaporation rate so as to be quick drying.
  • Such an ink is one which is found in a Shaple Fine Point Permanent Marker sold by the Sanford Corporation of Bellwood, Illinois.
  • Such an ink is described as being composed of a dye in a mixture of n-propanol (71-23-8), n-butanol (71-36-3-) and diacetone alcohol (123-42-2).
  • the ink also includes a suitable resin to impart adhesive properties to the ink to enable the ink to adhere to a substrate such as a gem stone.
  • n-butanol and diacetone alcohol are also known.
  • the transparent ink is made to soluble in a solution containing isopropyl alcohol 99% strength. Lesser percentage alcohols may be used to remove the coating from a gem stone 10; however, lesser percentage alcohols tend not to remove the ink from corners or crevices. For example, a 70% solution can remove the coating 17 from major exposed surfaces with some light rubbing force but removal of the coating from corners or crevices is difficult.
  • the amount of ink which is applied to a gem stone 10 is sufficient to provide a coating to colour the light rays 15 passing into the gem stone 10 in a way that the stone which is otherwise inexpensive becomes a wearable piece of jewellery having the appearance of an expensive stone.
  • the effect of applying the ink to the surface of the gem stone 10 is enhanced by the refractive properties of the stone being coloured.
  • the light rays 15 entering the stone 10 become coloured (as a result of subtraction) and are reflected around and inside the stone 10 before being reflected back to the eye showing the stone in the chosen colour.
  • the coating 17 may be removed by the isopropyl alcohol solution so that a fresh coating of a different colour can be applied to the same gem stone.
  • a jewellery enhancement kit 21 may be provided, for example for retail sales to a consumer.
  • the kit 21 includes a plurality of applicators 18, for example four applicators 18 each containing an ink of a different colour from the other.
  • the applicators may be filled with red ink, blue ink, green ink and yellow ink, respectively.
  • a container 22 of organic solvent is provided in order to permit removal of the inks from a gem stone, for example with the colour green to have the stone appear as an emerald. Thereafter, the user can remove the colour coating from the stone using the solvent in the container 22 and then apply another colour, for example red, using another applicator 18 in the kit to have the stone appear as a ruby.
  • the colour of the base gem stone may be changed at any time in a relatively simple manner.
  • a person need not have separate sets of emeralds, rubies and sapphires but rather need only have one set of inexpensive gem stones and a kit 21 with colour-enhancing applicators of different colours.
  • the kit 21 may also be provided with clear crystalline gem stones, for example of cubic zirconium, so that the user can apply the appropriate ink to the occasion in order to provide a matching set of jewellery pieces.
  • the kit 21 may also use a suitable housing 23 in order to package the applicators 18, container 22 and stones 10, 16 in an attractive appearance.
  • a jewellery enhancement kit 23 may consist solely of a plurality of applicators 18, each containing a different coloured ink from the other. Any suitable container 25 may be used to contain the applicators 18.

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